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Roro Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Prefer-constructions

0 Hello, everyone ! 02br
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00Having read through several articles about the word 00 in my dictionaries, I composed following sentences: 02br
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00X prefers to sleep. 02br
00X prefers to be sleeping. 02br
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00X prefers Y to sleep. (or... "X prefers for Y to sleep" is more common ?) 02br
00X prefers Y to be sleeping. 02br
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00X prefers that Y sleeps. 02br
00X prefers that Y is sleeping. 02br
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00Then I tried to find real, un-artificial examples online, but it was not so easy. So... would you please tell me whether they all are grammatically correct ? According to my dictionaries, they should be.... but I'm not sure, because they are merely my aritificial constructions. 02br
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Top answer

0 Hello Roro 02br 02br 00X prefers to sleep. * 02br 02br 00— These are fine. 02br 02br 00X prefers Y to sleep.

— MrPedantic

  • 0 Hello Roro 02br 02br 00X prefers to sleep.
  • * 02br 02br 00— These are fine.
  • 02br 02br 00X prefers Y to sleep.
  • * 02br 02br 00— These are fine, if unusual.
  • 02br 02br 00X prefers that Y sleeps.
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0 Hello Roro 02br
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00X prefers to sleep. 02br
00X prefers to be sleeping.* 02br
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00— These are fine. 02br
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00X prefers Y to sleep. 02br
00X prefers Y to be sleeping.* 02br
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00— These are fine, if unusual. 02br
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00X prefers that Y sleeps. 02br
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0 Hello, MrPedantic ! I needed such a confirmation as your's. You've given me exactly what I needed. 02br
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00A million thanks for your help. I send you my best wishes! Roro 0-
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